Posted by Kevin Brady on Wed 11th October 2006 at 08:42 AM, Filed in Programme Management,  Project Management,  Professional Qualifications

With annual IT Project Failure Rates running at 70% + it is clear that improvements in the professionalism of IT project staff and management should be a part of the solution.

In my post Can Government Policy Reduce IT Project Failure Rates Part 2, I described how the government could assist in making this disgraceful state of affairs a thing of the past. One of these was to make it a legal requirement for certain key IT Professionals to have Chartered Qualifications before being allowed to work on IT Projects /Programmes of work above a certain budgetary value.

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Posted by Kevin Brady on Wed 4th October 2006 at 06:30 PM, Filed in Programme Management,  Project Management

When I think about this subject, the first thing which comes to mind is a saying coined by my partner:-

“If the sex in a relationship is good then it feels like 30% of what is needed to make a good relationship”
“If the sex in a relationship is bad then it feels like 70% of what is needed to make a relationship good”

It might seem strange mixing up sex with Project Management philosophy but it is clear to me that if you have happy motivated & skilful staff it feels like they are only 30% of what is needed to make an IT project successful. If your staff are poorly motivated and unhappy then it feels that they are 70% of what needs to be corrected to make an IT project successful.

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Posted by Kevin Brady on Tue 15th August 2006 at 11:40 PM, Filed in Programme Management,  Project Management,  Industry News

My IT Management Philosophy has always been based on four key principals

which I have always considered to be independent of the current ‘flavour of the month’ in terms of IT development /project management methods:-

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Posted by Kevin Brady on Wed 5th July 2006 at 09:01 AM, Filed in Programme Management

This week I released a post offering for free a download of a Programme Level Access 2003 Risk /Issue tracking tool Access 2003 Risk & Issue Tracking Tool. I suggest anyone who is serious about risk and issue management needs to download this tool. However, the problem with project management tools and their ability to increase the probability of IT project /programme success rates is nicely explained by the following quote:-

“A fool with a tool is still a fool” 

Link to John’s article on “tools and fools” 11/05/04 John Stelzer is Director fo Industry Development for Sterling Commerce

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